"Apocalyptic" Now

Depending on one's feelings, it's become known either as the "Gethsemane" or "Clenched Jaw" speech... but however one shorthands it, the fulltext of the controversial address given eleven days ago in Washington by the major penitentiary Cardinal James Francis Stafford has been posted for your perusal, courtesy of the National Catholic Reporter.

Suffice it to say, reactions to it have been running, er, rather strong.

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